Rise of the Runelords is what started it all for Pathfinder. As the very first Pathfinder Adventure Path, it set the tone for everything that followed. Don’t think that is hyperbole; this isn’t just the first peek at the world of Golarion but also the first time that Paizo’s now-iconic goblins appeared, springing fully grown from the heads of James Jacobs and Wayne Reynolds. You can see the tone that extends throughout the rest of the Pathfinder line start here; spooky cults, ancient witch-kings, politics among tribes of monsters, long forgotten ruins; all the bricks that lay in the foundation of the game are quarried here.
Now there is a nice fat Anniversary Edition of it, and a whole set of miniatures devoted to the NPCs and monsters within. It is a good day to be a Pathfinder player!
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